Corporate Counsel II - Commercial Transactions

ALDI
Aurora, IL
Category Operations
Job Description
Join ALDI's Legal team as a Corporate Counsel II - Commercial Transactions and support the company in achieving its initiatives and upholding its core values. The role involves tackling complex problems, negotiating diverse agreements, and serving as a legal guide for the business. This is a high-impact position that offers a unique blend of challenging legal work and business acumen.

Requirements

  • Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
  • Communicates effectively and informs direct leader of issues, status, and results of assigned tasks.
  • Identifies legal issues and recommends responsive action, with an emphasis on risk mitigation.
  • Engages with leadership, various business units, and external parties involved in the legal process.
  • Partners and liaises with outside counsel on legal matters and manages relevant external consultants.
  • Evaluates and analyzes legal issues in multiple jurisdictions and nationwide and reports findings, as well as recommendations, to direct leader.
  • Recommends process improvements for area of responsibility.
  • Provides strategic counsel to assigned business units on a wide range of legal issues.
  • Works strategically to provide expert legal advice to key business functions in multiple jurisdictions to drive strategy and operational goals.
  • Researches, monitors, and assesses emergent legal trends, new legal issues and laws, legislation, regulations, and court decisions; identifies and communicates impactful updates to relevant business units.
  • Identifies and analyzes unique legal issues impacting the organization by identifying applicable statutes, judicial decisions and codes.
  • Drafts legal memorandums, case assessments, attorney correspondence, reports, and other work product to identify exposures and risks then reports findings to direct leader.
  • Serves as a liaison for various areas of the business, including creating reviewing and negotiating related agreements.
  • Performs pre-litigation work to minimize risks and potential legal liability.
  • Identifies proactive, cost-effective solutions that will eliminate and/or mitigate legal and business risks.
  • Ensures effective implementation and communication of Legal programs, providing visibility of key milestones and progress.
  • Assists in developing, implementing and driving process improvements solutions to enhance the department’s ability to assist the Company and function efficiently.
  • Ensures compliance with legal documentation and Company policies.
  • Prepares and analyzes data to identify exposures and risks.
  • Provides proactive analysis of current projects and analytical review of reported results.
  • Performs special projects as requested.
  • Drafts, reviews, and negotiates agreements.
  • Collaborates with team members and communicates relevant information to leadership.
  • Complies with ALDI privacy and security requirements and policies if job responsibilities include possible access to confidential and/or sensitive information.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • 401k Matching
  • Retirement Plan
  • Visa Sponsorship
  • Four Day Work Week
  • Generous Parental Leave
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Relocation Assistance
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